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Originally Posted by trularin
I have the technical specs, but have yet to get the transporters to work in my basement.
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Tru,
I think the reason for failure may be the re-bar in the concrete walls. Likely some
Faraday Cage effect.
It is unlikely that any extensive ferric materials were used in the construction of the Enterprise, as something that simple would have ruined the show.
But I don't have prints and specs like so many of you do, so I could be wrong. But that would account for easy transport travel through ship walls.
It seems to me that even if a low density of basement re-bar were used, the "restricting" effect would be like if a buddy held a fence down while one crossed it... but his hold slipped at an inopportune time. The figures would materialize, but all would be doubled over on the floor, moaning. Hardly the surprise pose to strike sudden fear in a Klingon. Well maybe it would... depends on how they're built.
One of the weird prop scenes I remember most was one where a mysterious killer was poisoning others. A hand came out from the side of the screen... and 409'd another character.
Yup.
The same plastic sprayer as 409 Cleaner was to be sold in, a couple years later. Guess the prop manager couldn't have known. Anybody else remember it? It was a clean kill.
The original series used to re-run here after school in the early '70's. I was working for J.C.Penney in their TV service department. Always had a TV set test-running during the 1/2 hour. The boss gave me the evil-eye, but I insisted that the deteriorated color signal (videotaped) was an excellent stress test for the chroma circuits. I had to turn the sound down to nothing, but it was still worth it. It was almost 5 o'clock, quitting time, anyway.
Wes
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